In another life I would love to be a cosmetic surgeon because it’s architectural. You know, you are trying to figure out where the seams go. Can I do it in one piece like Halston? Can you formaldehyde DNA?
TOM FORDShe needs to have a few drinks and cry a little-then she’ll be perfect.
More Tom Ford Quotes
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When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.
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I don’t wear a lot of color. In fact, I don’t actually like color on myself. I love color but it’s very challenging, it’s very powerful, it can overpower you. I think if my eyes were closed and someone put a red jacket on me, I would be able to feel that it was red. I don’t feel great in color.
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I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.
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The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.
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If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.
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If I was ever going to become a good designer, I had to leave America. My own culture was inhibiting me. Too much style in America is tacky. It’s looked down upon to be too stylish. Europeans, however, appreciate style.
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You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.
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A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.
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What’s so wrong with vanity? It’s different from narcissism, you know? It’s not about admiring yourself-it’s about taking pride in your appearance.
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Style for me is some one who figures out who they are. What works on them. What they feel good in and develops that. Develops their character. And the outer expression of their character is what is style.
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Everyday is one less day.
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I think that the older you get, the more you become your true, essential self. You find the things that make you happy. You whittle away the parts of yourself that mean less to you.
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You have to love what you do to the point that you can’t imagine doing anything else with your life.
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I’m living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.
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Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
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